For the Scoot People with Too Much Luggage

Though the classic cross-city bike messanger method / character / lifestyle will never be trumped by a motorized vehicle, one can dream of a nicer* way to carry one’s briefcase to work. *Nicer, in this case, meaning, gosh, I have to go to work every day, but it’s only a short distance. I’d sure like a more eco-friendly ride, but I have too much to carry!

It’s time to stash!

Scooter people. You see them. I see them. We all see them. They can’t carry a very huge amount of peanuts. Only what can fit in their backpack or in their under-seat compartment.

What designer Elliot Ortiz has whipped up here is the solution for your luggage woes, the aptly titled, “Cargo” scooter. With its large capacity for storage and a “Drive by Wire” tank-style steering system, it can carry up to “one whole crapload of junk.”*

*I made up that unit of measurement.

Note from Elliot: the small gas motor is “tucked away on the rear swing arm in case you were wondering ;)”.

45 Comments

Cool concept! I like it a lot. It’s much safer to carry stuff like this because the gravity center is lower than if you put things on top of a motorcycle, and I guess the scooter will be more balanced and stable. You could also work on a heavy duty version.

did you already ride a motorbike/scooter? what about the center of gravity? how does the front wheel really turn? electro-mechanical handles are cool, but yours doesn’t even turn.. Where is the engine? Oh, I see, it’s small and hidden…

It does need hard sides that fold down to keep everything inside, either the same colour as the bike, or transparent/translucent. They could be made to be removable. This design concept looks great, it makes me want a functioning version.

It seems to me like it would just be more practical and easier to use a bike and attach a small trailer to it. Especially given that a normal bike means you can just drop the trailer when you don’t need it.

This looks great. Upon seeing it though I magined it with an electric hub motor in either one or both of the wheels and lithium battery cells populating areas in both the seat, the lower portion of the cargo area, and approximately the lower-half of the front cargo area. Electronics, being lighter, could populate within the upper cargo space for drive by wire, battery charging, and of course “clock” duty. Parking outside could allow for solar charging and inside for a wired charge. Yes, it would be heavy, but it would also be built to last. Tank scooter, built to take your daily abuse. Good luck with the design.